The document discusses how control systems should be tailored to different corporate strategies and organizational structures. It notes that different strategies require different priorities, skills, and behaviors for effective execution. Thus, control systems should induce behaviors that are consistent with the chosen strategy. The document also outlines how organizational structure, size, culture, and management controls may differ depending on whether a company has a single industry focus, related diversified businesses, or unrelated diversified businesses.
The document discusses how control systems should be tailored to different corporate strategies and organizational structures. It notes that different strategies require different priorities, skills, and behaviors for effective execution. Thus, control systems should induce behaviors that are consistent with the chosen strategy. The document also outlines how organizational structure, size, culture, and management controls may differ depending on whether a company has a single industry focus, related diversified businesses, or unrelated diversified businesses.
The document discusses how control systems should be tailored to different corporate strategies and organizational structures. It notes that different strategies require different priorities, skills, and behaviors for effective execution. Thus, control systems should induce behaviors that are consistent with the chosen strategy. The document also outlines how organizational structure, size, culture, and management controls may differ depending on whether a company has a single industry focus, related diversified businesses, or unrelated diversified businesses.
The document discusses how control systems should be tailored to different corporate strategies and organizational structures. It notes that different strategies require different priorities, skills, and behaviors for effective execution. Thus, control systems should induce behaviors that are consistent with the chosen strategy. The document also outlines how organizational structure, size, culture, and management controls may differ depending on whether a company has a single industry focus, related diversified businesses, or unrelated diversified businesses.
CONTROLS FOR DIFFERENTIATED STRATEGIES Lingking Control to Strategy
• Different organizations generally operate in
different strategic control • Different strategies require different task priorities, KSF, skills, perspectives, and behavior for effective execution • Control systems are measurement systems that influence the behavior of the people whose activities are beeing measured • Thus, a continuing concern in the design of control systems should be whether the behavior induced by the system is consistent with the strategy. Different Corp. Stgs.: Org. Structure Implication Single Ind. Related Div. Unrelat. Div.
Org. Struct. Functional BU Holding Co.
Ind. Familiar High Low
of CM Func. Backg Relevant Mainly of CM Oprt. Exprc. Finance DM More More de- authority centralized centralized Different Corp. Stgs.: Org. Structure Implication Single Ind. Related Div. Unrelat. Div.
Size of Corp High Low
Staff Reliance on High Low intnl promts Use of laterl High Low transfer Corporate Strong Weak culture Different Corp. Stgs.: Management Control Implication Single Ind. Related Div. Unrelat. Div.
Strategic Vertical - Vertical only
planning horizontal Control to Low High bgt formltn Importance Low High meetg bgt Importance High Low trfrs pricing